On decentralization and life satisfaction

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Who Benefits from Economic Freedom? Unraveling the Effect of Economic Freedom on Subjective Well-Being (2013, unknown): “The results also imply that public choice theories seem correct in emphasizing political self-interest (Niskanen, 1971), the role of bureaucracies (Luechinger, Meier, & Stutzer, 2007; Vaubel, 1996), rent-seeking (Tullock, 1980), rational ignorance, or irrationality (Caplan, 2001a), and capture by lo”
The Impact of Fiscal Decentralization: A Survey (2015, unknown): “…government and public policies, recent contributions have also concentrated on the implications of decentralization for happiness, finding that local autonomy may not be associated with greater levels of individuals’ happiness and may, in some cases, be detrimental for it (Bjørnskov et al., 2008).”
Happiness and public choice (2010, background): “This allows us, for example, to provide evidence on the consequences of direct versus representative democracy (Frey and Stutzer 2000), proportional versus majoritarian electoral systems, or different degrees of local autonomy (Frey and Stutzer 2000; Bjørnskov et al. 2008).”